My wife (Canadian citizen) and I (US citizen) are having some struggles with our PR application. Hoping to get some insight and help here. We were hoping our application would be pretty straight forward but as we go through the paperwork it seems our situation is not so easy.
I'll give a little background first without trying to write a novel. We met in Canada (Newfoundland) while I was traveling through as a member of the US Air Force Reserves in October 2013 and instantly had a strong connection (she was my one!!) We dated long distance with both of us visiting each other in Canada and the US several times. In October 2014 I asked her to marry me and she said yes. She has two small children from a previous marriage and a good job working as a director in public works for the city she lives in. I have no children and I'm still a member of the reserves. Also we both have our own houses.
As our relationship really became serious last year and we started talking of marriage it was decided that i would come to Newfoundland as it would be easier on the kids as their dad is still very active in their lives. At the time I did not have a civilian job and was working with the Air Force Reserves on 3/4 time basis. With the thought of me moving I decided to get a civilian job also to earn and save as much money as possible. On of our concerns was me being able to spend time in Newfoundland with the kids prior to getting married so they become more comfortable with me. So our plan was for me to come visit for a couple months and then get married. So in January I rented my house in the states, resigned from my civilian job and came up for a visit. I got here on the 14 of January and we had our wedding in February. I'm heading back to the states in April to work with the Air Force Reserves while our application is in progress. We would like for me to come back the end of June and stay for the summer while waiting for PR.
So here are the questions/issues we're having:
1. Since I rented my house to be able to afford longer visits I will be staying with my parents when I go back to the US to work. On the Generic Application form IMM 0008 what would be best to use for my addresses? Right now I've used our Canadian address for my mailing and my parents for my residential. Is this ok or could we use the Canadian for both or are there issues using my parents since I'm just staying there temporarily?
2. Schedule A IMM 5669E question #4, I have had no contact with my biological father since age 5 (I'm now 43). As a result I do not have any information on him other than what's listed on my birth certificate. I do know he is deceased. Do I list my biological father or the father I grew up with for this question?
3. Question 8, Personal history: I had a civilian job with the same company for 13.5 years but resigned in 2012 to join the Air Force Reserves and do a job I always wanted to do. The reserves was only a part time commitment but with training and all I was able to do it 3/4 of the time and live off that. Like I mentioned earlier in May of 2014 I got a civilian job again to make extra money for the potential move. So how do I list this on personal history? I started in the reserves in 2012 and I'm still in it and also worked a civilian job from May 2014 until Jan 2015. Right now I have it listed as this:
current visit 2015/01-2015/04
civilian job 2014/05-2015/01
Reserves 2012/09-2014/05
civilian job 1999/12-2012/09
I'm concerned because I'm still in the reserves and will list that on the military section Question #11 and this almost reads like I stopped doing it in 2014. Also the form asks for history from age 18 or the last 10 years whichever is most recent however I have read some people's apps getting returned for not providing history from 18. Just because of my timeline I go back to 1999 when I was 27. This is considerably more than 10 years so I should be go but thoughts???
4. Is being in the reserves going to cause an issue with CIC? I don't think it should but didn't know if anyone has previous experience with this.
5. On the spouse/partner questionnaire it asks about living together, question 27-28. This visit will be 2 and a half months and yes we have stayed together in her house. Does that count as living together? Also what should I put for #28, are we currently living together? We consider this my home now but I'm still just a visitor in Canada and will be going back and forth.
6. When I come back in June or July she wants me to stay until my PR comes through. It sounds like the process has slowed dramatically so we don't know how long that will be. Will I be able to stay 6 months or more at that time or not since I've been here 2.5 months this year already. If I do stay I would have to separate from the reserves and would have no job at all or any source of income if I did go back to the states. It's becoming hard of the kids for me to keep leaving so we obviously what to limit that as much as possible.
Sorry for making this so long but trying to get everything right before we send this in so we have no delays. Thanks for the help.
I'll give a little background first without trying to write a novel. We met in Canada (Newfoundland) while I was traveling through as a member of the US Air Force Reserves in October 2013 and instantly had a strong connection (she was my one!!) We dated long distance with both of us visiting each other in Canada and the US several times. In October 2014 I asked her to marry me and she said yes. She has two small children from a previous marriage and a good job working as a director in public works for the city she lives in. I have no children and I'm still a member of the reserves. Also we both have our own houses.
As our relationship really became serious last year and we started talking of marriage it was decided that i would come to Newfoundland as it would be easier on the kids as their dad is still very active in their lives. At the time I did not have a civilian job and was working with the Air Force Reserves on 3/4 time basis. With the thought of me moving I decided to get a civilian job also to earn and save as much money as possible. On of our concerns was me being able to spend time in Newfoundland with the kids prior to getting married so they become more comfortable with me. So our plan was for me to come visit for a couple months and then get married. So in January I rented my house in the states, resigned from my civilian job and came up for a visit. I got here on the 14 of January and we had our wedding in February. I'm heading back to the states in April to work with the Air Force Reserves while our application is in progress. We would like for me to come back the end of June and stay for the summer while waiting for PR.
So here are the questions/issues we're having:
1. Since I rented my house to be able to afford longer visits I will be staying with my parents when I go back to the US to work. On the Generic Application form IMM 0008 what would be best to use for my addresses? Right now I've used our Canadian address for my mailing and my parents for my residential. Is this ok or could we use the Canadian for both or are there issues using my parents since I'm just staying there temporarily?
2. Schedule A IMM 5669E question #4, I have had no contact with my biological father since age 5 (I'm now 43). As a result I do not have any information on him other than what's listed on my birth certificate. I do know he is deceased. Do I list my biological father or the father I grew up with for this question?
3. Question 8, Personal history: I had a civilian job with the same company for 13.5 years but resigned in 2012 to join the Air Force Reserves and do a job I always wanted to do. The reserves was only a part time commitment but with training and all I was able to do it 3/4 of the time and live off that. Like I mentioned earlier in May of 2014 I got a civilian job again to make extra money for the potential move. So how do I list this on personal history? I started in the reserves in 2012 and I'm still in it and also worked a civilian job from May 2014 until Jan 2015. Right now I have it listed as this:
current visit 2015/01-2015/04
civilian job 2014/05-2015/01
Reserves 2012/09-2014/05
civilian job 1999/12-2012/09
I'm concerned because I'm still in the reserves and will list that on the military section Question #11 and this almost reads like I stopped doing it in 2014. Also the form asks for history from age 18 or the last 10 years whichever is most recent however I have read some people's apps getting returned for not providing history from 18. Just because of my timeline I go back to 1999 when I was 27. This is considerably more than 10 years so I should be go but thoughts???
4. Is being in the reserves going to cause an issue with CIC? I don't think it should but didn't know if anyone has previous experience with this.
5. On the spouse/partner questionnaire it asks about living together, question 27-28. This visit will be 2 and a half months and yes we have stayed together in her house. Does that count as living together? Also what should I put for #28, are we currently living together? We consider this my home now but I'm still just a visitor in Canada and will be going back and forth.
6. When I come back in June or July she wants me to stay until my PR comes through. It sounds like the process has slowed dramatically so we don't know how long that will be. Will I be able to stay 6 months or more at that time or not since I've been here 2.5 months this year already. If I do stay I would have to separate from the reserves and would have no job at all or any source of income if I did go back to the states. It's becoming hard of the kids for me to keep leaving so we obviously what to limit that as much as possible.
Sorry for making this so long but trying to get everything right before we send this in so we have no delays. Thanks for the help.
